1811/0 1C S-286, BN MS(PCGS#36490)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1061

等级

AU58BN

价格

300,112

详细说明

Condition Rarity 1811/0 S-286 Cent Bland CC#1; Noyes CC#2 1811/0 Classic Head Cent. S-286. Rarity-3. AU-58 (PCGS). Type:Classic Head. Design: Obv: A head of Liberty faces left with 13 stars around the border arranged seven left, six right. The date 1811 is below. Liberty is wearing a fillet inscribed LIBERTY. Rev: A circular wreath encloses the denomination ONE CENT with the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the border. Weight Standard: 10.89 grams. Diameter: 29 mm. Die Variety: Sheldon-286, Breen-2. Obv: Overdate, which is definitive for an obverse die of the 1811 Classic Head cent issue, here in its only use. Several small lumps are evident in the field between the 0 underdigit and star 13. Rev: Instantly recognized by a jagged, horizontal die gouge (called a "dash" by Breen and Noyes) in the field under the upright of the letter E in ONE. This die also appears in the S-291 pairing of the 1812-dated cent. S-286 is the only die marriage that corresponds to the 1811/0 Guide Booklisting of this issue. Die State: Noyes A/A, Breen II. Obv: Perfect, with faint die swell at the border below the digits 11 in the date. Rev: Faint, blurry clash marks are evident within the wreath to the right of the denomination ONE CENT. Edge: Plain. Mintage for the Issue: 218,025 coins. Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety: Rarity-3: 301 to 400 coins in all grades. Strike: This is an overall sharply struck example with softness confined to stars 1 to 5 and 13, which are more or less devoid of radial lines. The obverse impression is a bit tight to 9 o'clock, although we note full denticulation around that side of the coin. Reverse impression off center to 1 o'clock with no denticulation along the upper right border. Surfaces: A hard, satiny and tight example with warm chocolate-brown patina on the obverse that gives way to lighter medium brown over much of the reverse. Both sides reveal blushes of faded mint color that are most pronounced on the reverse around the letters STAT in STATES. An ancient, inactive carbon deposit in the left obverse field before Liberty's throat and a faint scuff at the border above the head are the only worthwhile identifiers. The surfaces are predominantly smooth and exceptionally well preserved for an example of this challenging die pairing. Commentary: Scarcer than most other die marriages in the Classic Head cent series of 1808 to 1814, the 1811/0 Sheldon-286 is also challenging to locate in high grades because most examples are struck on dark, rough, or otherwise impaired planchets. Breen opines that the copper blanks for this variety may have been damaged by bilge water or salt spray while they were being transported to the Mint's facility in Philadelphia from its supplier Matthew Boulton in England. These planchets formed part of Boulton's shipment that arrived at the Mint on November 24, 1809, and which was exhausted on March 12, 1811 after 218,025 coins were struck (the presumed mintage from 1811-dated dies). The ESM specimen is among the finest obtainable for this die pairing, ranked CC#1 in the Bland census with an EAC grade of AU-55, while the 2015 Noyes census says CC#2 and AU50(AU55) Average. An outstanding condition rarity destined for another world class large cent cabinet. Provenance: From the ESM Collection. Earlier ex Dennis E. Steinmetz, July 1994; Denis W. Loring, July 1994; John B. MacDonald, August 1999; Wes Rasmussen; Heritage's sale of the Wes Rasmussen Collection, January 2005, lot 3348; Denis W. Loring, April 27, 2007; Dan Holmes; Ira & Larry Goldberg's sale of the Dan Holmes Collection, Part I, September 2009, lot 559; Chris Victor-McCawley. The plate coin for the die variety in the 2015 edition of the Noyes large cent reference. PCGS Population: 2; 0 finer. PCGS# 36490. NGC ID: 224V. Click here for certification details from PCGS.